Random vs Jumble - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between random and jumble

is that random is a roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance while jumble is a mixture of unrelated things.

As an adjective random

is having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.

As a verb jumble is

to mix or confuse.

random

English

Noun

(en noun)

A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.

* (1591-1674)

*:Counsels, when they fly / At random , sometimes hit most happily.

*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

*:O, many a shaft, at random sent, / Finds mark the archer little meant!

(label) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.

*:they were messagers vnto kyng Ban & Bors sent from kynge Arthur / therfor said the viij knyghtes ye shalle dye or be prysoners / for we ben knyghtes of kyng Claudas And therwith two of them dressid theire sperys / and Vlfyus and Brastias dressid theire speres and ranne to gyder with grete raundon

*(Edward Hall) (1497-1547)

*:For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force.

*1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, page 144:

*:Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random .

(label) The direction of a rake-vein.

:(Raymond)

Synonyms

* force, momentum, speed, velocity * (unimportant person) nobody, nonentity

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.

The flip of a fair coin is purely random .

The newspaper conducted a random sample of five hundred American teenagers.

The results of the field survey look random by several different measures.

* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]

Where the Joker preys on our fears of random , irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

(mathematics) Of or relating to probability distribution.

A toss of loaded dice is still random , though biased.

(computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.

The rand function generates a random number from a seed.

(somewhat colloquial) Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.

A random American off the street couldn't tell the difference.

(somewhat colloquial) Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause or reason.

That was a completely random comment.

The teacher's bartending story was interesting, but random .

The narrative takes a random course.

(colloquial) Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.

You're so random !

Synonyms

* (having unpredictable outcomes) * (of or relating to probability distribution) stochastic * (pseudorandom) pseudorandom * (representative and undistinguished) average, typical * (lacking context) arbitrary, unexpected, unplanned

Derived terms

* at random * non-random * pseudorandom * randomer * randomise, randomize * randomness * random number * randomly * randomology * randomosity

Anagrams

jumble

English

Verb

(jumbl)

to mix or confuse

* Burton

Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?

* Tennyson

Every clime and age jumbled together.

to meet or unite in a confused way

Noun

(-)

A mixture of unrelated things.

(British) Items for a rummage sale.

(archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Synonyms

* See also